African Dance

A client should expect an enrgetic performance with live drumming and audience participation.

Giselle Rebecca Nakhid

is prolific in African, Afro-Caribbean, Haitian

and jazz dance styles. She started dancing at

Syrell’s School of Dance at the age of 2.

Giselle continues her love for dance by

studying different dance forms and traveling

all over the U.S. attending conferences.

Giselle was the co- founder of Crescent City

Choreographers (CCC) which was a performing

ensemble who seeks out talented dance

professionals throughout the southeast

Louisiana region. She co- choreographed

“Lasting Images” which was a dance

performance that premiered at Contemporary

Arts Center (CAC) in August 2010. Giselle was

in the musical play “Hairspray“ at LePetit and continues to perform in the

theatre adaptation of “Origins of Life“ which was the Big Easy Award winner

2007.

She is native of New Orleans, a graduate of Dillard University with a BS in

Public Health. Giselle is a certified Wolftrap Artist and is certified in several

other early learning programs. She taught for Young Audiences Arts for

Learning day and after-school programs. Giselle was chosen to develop her

own curriculum which is apart of a national launch to have all young

audiences’ teaching artist teach the same 4 elements. Her students at

Lincoln Elementary were chosen to Tap for Nigel Lithgow the Executive

Producer of “So You Think You Can Dance.” These same children were chosen

to dance for this 2011 Jazzfest and spring spotlight doing Hip-Hop and African

dance. Giselle also teaches a talented group of senior citizens called the

“Movers and Groovers” at the Economic Opportunity Center in Central City.

Alongside teaching senior citizens she also teaches a dance class for women

through-out the city called, “Sisters Making a Change.”

Giselle Nakhid will continue a life of dance, choreography, performance and

teaching. She hopes to develop her own programs geared toward helping

under privileged youth learn about art and positive expression. She will

maintain her work in her community teaching dance and movement to children,

adults and senior citizens.